The beast approached, agitated, as soon as he smelled the smell of blood in the air, running along its four limbs with long and fast steps.
Then he start to eat the child alive and crushed his bones between his teeth. those around him said afterwards that they heard a sound that was like breaking dry sticks.
The boy's cries for help, the flesh being removed from his bones, turned into a faint moan when the ground was swept away by his flowing blood.
Everyone was shocked by this cruel scene, except for the witch, who did not look away like the rest and kept looking at the boy with a sharp face.
The hunter jumped lightly and with a resting stone heart towards the jar and held it confidently with his hands, making its head in front of the three who were stunned, and then he lifted its lid up with the harshest smile any of them had ever seen.
The seconds that followed were slow for them and everyone heard the sound of a deep knock hitting the sides of the inner jar, They all thought in their hearts at that moment that if that sound was the growl of a hungry stomach, it was the end ... The end of them all and they will meet the same horrible fate as the boy met
Then, from the deep mouth of the jar, golden coins that delighted the eye fell out, along with their jaws dropping in shock. The moonlight reflected off them, giving them a gleam, and they chimed as they struck the hard ground, producing the sweetest sound they had ever heard.. It was gold... golden coins .
"It's gold... Golden coins fill the jar!" the guard shouted with joy and surprise as he put his hand on his chest in relief, his resounding shout had overwhelmed the boy's tired and low breath as he saw with half an eye the price of his death.
The hunter said with bitterness and regret: "Oh my luck!"